Researching Shoes ? ? ?

My research of Shoes has become a rather frustrating endeavor. Thus far what I have read on shoes has come to ... the positive - what I have already spoken about on my blog and the negative - all that I have read regarding shoes in fashion, the subjection if women and sexuality. These things are really not want I want to look at. I can see that shoes are a representation of self in regards to projecting personality and identity, but I am not making a statement about identity. I have realised that the shoe for me is a symbol for self but most importantly the journeys we take and the choices we make. A symbolic representation of passage, path and life.

So I have now expanded my research to journeys, passage and choice.
I will be looking at art as a means of journey and discovery as well. This art and film work is, in itself a journey of discovery. I will do this by looking at fairy tales of journey and at Jung theory (to begin with) and see where it takes me. I am reading Ursula Le Guin's "A Wizard of Eathsea" at the moment which relates to Jung theory as in the novel the young wizard has to face his "dark side" or "Shadow" first chased by it and then chase after it and confront it. 

"Beneath the social mask we wear every day, we have a hidden shadow side: an impulsive, wounded, sad, or isolated part that we generally try to ignore. The Shadow can be a source of emotional richness and vitality, and acknowledging it can be a pathway to healing and an authentic life. We meet our dark side, accept it for what it is, and we learn to use its powerful energies in productive ways. The Shadow knows why good people sometimes do "bad" things. Romancing the Shadow and learning to read the messages it encodes in daily life can deepen your consciousness, imagination, and soul."  

from "Romancing the Shadow," by Connie Zwieg, PhD., and Steve Wolf, PhD.     

I would very much like to explore this theory of shadow more and use it as a possible theme of the film component of my work to compliment the Shoe Tree.